UPDATE 4/6/2018 @ 12:15 p.m.: On April 5, 32018, at 8:07 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5000 block of Fallen Timber Way in Indian Head for the report of a shooting.
A preliminary investigation revealed a husband and wife were involved in an argument inside their house when the male shot his wife and then himself.
The couple’s young adult son, who was in his bedroom, heard the argument followed by the shots. He then discovered his parents with gunshot wounds and immediately called 911.
The woman, Brenda Jenette Harrison-Bumbray, 50, was pronounced deceased on the scene. The male, Jose Ramon Bumbray, 46, was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Jose Bumbray was a police officer with the United States Park Police and it appears he used his agency-issued firearm.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call Detective J. Elliott at (301) 609-6515.
4/5/2018: On Thursday, April 5, 2018, at approximately 8:10 p.m., deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to Fallen Timber Way in Indian Head for what dispatches said was a possible attempted suicide.
Police were told they had two subjects on the ground armed with guns.
Officers on the scene found a man and woman deceased inside their house. Both had gunshot wounds.
A spokeswoman for the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said the case appears to be isolated to the residence, and that their detectives are on scene.
